Apache

Plugin: go.d.plugin Module: apache

Overview

This collector monitors the activity and performance of Apache servers, and collects metrics such as the number of connections, workers, requests and more.

It sends HTTP requests to the Apache location server-status, which is a built-in location that provides metrics about the Apache server.

This collector is supported on all platforms.

This collector supports collecting metrics from multiple instances of this integration, including remote instances.

Default Behavior

Auto-Detection

By default, it detects Apache instances running on localhost that are listening on port 80. On startup, it tries to collect metrics from:

• http://localhost/server-status?auto
• http://127.0.0.1/server-status?auto

Limits

The default configuration for this integration does not impose any limits on data collection.

Performance Impact

The default configuration for this integration is not expected to impose a significant performance impact on the system.

Metrics

Metrics grouped by scope.

The scope defines the instance that the metric belongs to. An instance is uniquely identified by a set of labels.

All metrics available only if ExtendedStatus is on.

Per Apache instance

These metrics refer to the entire monitored application.

This scope has no labels.

Metrics:

Metric	Dimensions	Unit	Basic	Extended
apache.connections	connections	connections	•	•
apache.conns_async	keepalive, closing, writing	connections	•	•
apache.workers	idle, busy	workers	•	•
apache.scoreboard	waiting, starting, reading, sending, keepalive, dns_lookup, closing, logging, finishing, idle_cleanup, open	connections	•	•
apache.requests	requests	requests/s		•
apache.net	sent	kilobit/s		•
apache.reqpersec	requests	requests/s		•
apache.bytespersec	served	KiB/s		•
apache.bytesperreq	size	KiB		•
apache.uptime	uptime	seconds		•

Alerts

There are no alerts configured by default for this integration.

Setup

Prerequisites

Enable Apache status support

• Enable and configure status_module.
• Ensure that you have ExtendedStatus set on (enabled by default since Apache v2.3.6).

Configuration

File

The configuration file name for this integration is go.d/apache.conf.

You can edit the configuration file using the edit-config script from the Netdata config directory.

cd /etc/netdata 2>/dev/null || cd /opt/netdata/etc/netdata
sudo ./edit-config go.d/apache.conf

Options

The following options can be defined globally: update_every, autodetection_retry.

Config options

Name	Description	Default	Required
update_every	Data collection frequency.		False
autodetection_retry	Recheck interval in seconds. Zero means no recheck will be scheduled.		False
url	Server URL.		True
timeout	HTTP request timeout.		False
username	Username for basic HTTP authentication.		False
password	Password for basic HTTP authentication.		False
proxy_url	Proxy URL.		False
proxy_username	Username for proxy basic HTTP authentication.		False
proxy_password	Password for proxy basic HTTP authentication.		False
method	HTTP request method.		False
body	HTTP request body.		False
headers	HTTP request headers.		False
not_follow_redirects	Redirect handling policy. Controls whether the client follows redirects.		False
tls_skip_verify	Server certificate chain and hostname validation policy. Controls whether the client performs this check.		False
tls_ca	Certification authority that the client uses when verifying the server's certificates.		False
tls_cert	Client TLS certificate.		False
tls_key	Client TLS key.		False

Examples

Basic

A basic example configuration.

jobs:
  - name: local
    url: http://127.0.0.1/server-status?auto

HTTP authentication

Basic HTTP authentication.

Config

jobs:
  - name: local
    url: http://127.0.0.1/server-status?auto
    username: username
    password: password

HTTPS with self-signed certificate

Apache with enabled HTTPS and self-signed certificate.

Config

jobs:
  - name: local
    url: https://127.0.0.1/server-status?auto
    tls_skip_verify: yes

Multi-instance

Note: When you define multiple jobs, their names must be unique.

Collecting metrics from local and remote instances.

Config

jobs:
  - name: local
    url: http://127.0.0.1/server-status?auto

  - name: remote
    url: http://192.0.2.1/server-status?auto

Troubleshooting

Debug Mode

To troubleshoot issues with the apache collector, run the go.d.plugin with the debug option enabled. The output should give you clues as to why the collector isn't working.

• Navigate to the plugins.d directory, usually at /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/. If that's not the case on your system, open netdata.conf and look for the plugins setting under [directories].

  cd /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/

• Switch to the netdata user.

  sudo -u netdata -s

• Run the go.d.plugin to debug the collector:

  ./go.d.plugin -d -m apache